I seem to have missed the joke.
You’ll have to pry it out of the raindog’s cold dead hands. 
Elephant’s aren’t spotted, even in the Pit. Giraffes are spotted. :wally
You made a slippery slope argument, similar to the NRA’s argument that any form of gun control will inexorably lead to the banning of all firearms.
I concur with all the reasonable logical arguments for the usefulness of The Pit.
And, allow me to be the first to call you all fucktards.
Because that has become my favorite word.
:wally you too, pal. Haven’t you seen Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
*What does it mean to say “Elephant Is Aren’t Spotted”?
Well…OK. But I do think it’s reasonable here, if we start pruning the SDMB to contain only what is “important”, then MPSIMS is surely on the list. Plus I have heard people discuss getting rid of it before.
Interesting adwords digression… we’ve mentioned elephants enough that the ads are for elephant decor, elephant gifts, and saving endangered species.
I’m waiting for an ad for the DVD release of the Gus Van Sant movie to pop up.
Of Course I’ve seen Rudolph. I even have this thread bookmarked, so I can bring it out every year like an Old Xmas ornament.
Color me clueless, but is there talk of ridding the SDMB of the Pit?
I really must go into GD and ATMB more often.
Why would you get rid of such a source of entertainment–the Pit is life in all its messy glory and pain.
Think I may have swallowed a melodrama pill with my breakfast bagel…
No, make the hide into trousers, and use the neck for a codpiece.
Regards,
Shodan
Maybe you like folding it in half but it seems pretty uncomfortable to me.
First they came for the PIT but I said nothing.
Then they came for the IMHO but I said nothing.
Then they came for Cafe Society and still I said nothing.
Now they have come for MPSIMS and there is no one left to speak for me. 
That was in my mind, jrfranchi. That’s why I’m speaking up now! 
In poetry and prose often the choice of words determines the impact of the piece. And sometimes fuckface, smegmabreath, or cuntlips are the words you need to use. That is one reason the pit is needed.
Almost before we spoke, we swore…
The Pit is good, the Pit hold gems like The horror of blimps
The Pit often gets great debates were the language can be loser, the most snarkier and the Cite less respected.
I found my first pit thread Cathartic and somewhat embarrassing in retrospect but it was a good learning tool and off loaded a Whole Lotta of Hate.
Not that it is really at risk, but please keep the pit. If you don’t like the pit, try pitting it.
jrfranchi
Thank you for that link. That was hilarious. That is the essence of a"well crafted invective." If one in 100 threads had that level of wit, intelligence and pure story telling I’d be the Pit’s biggest supporter.
(FWIW I’m not specifically calling for the end of The Pit ,and I know my opinion means little/nothing. I just think it degrades the overall value of the SDMB)
It’s also clear that not everything needs to be as heavy as The Invasion Of Iraq to be pitworthy. (Although I think that thread could have fit nicely in MPSIMS)
How’d he pull that off without using the word ‘c*nt’ once? :dubious:
I like the pit. It acknowledges the existence of non-high minded & inappropriate message-board usage. It is an outlet for emotional strategies that exist, whether excellent folks like raindog want them to or not.
I also get most of my news from the pit.
Not from anybody who counts. Just the usual dainty types who confuse a lack of spine with a higher intellect.
Oh, hey raindog, didn’t see you there!
Anyway, what it boils down to is, some people take the Pit waaaaaay to seriously. Sure, people get in “fights” here. But they’re really pretty meaningless, when you get right down to it. I’ve been involved in vicious, poisonous, hundred-post-long fights with posters in here, and less than a month later had a grand ol’ time hanging out in a bar with them at a Dopefest. Most of the posters I’d most like to meet in real life are the ones I’ve had the most violent disagreements with online. Yeah, things can get pretty heated in here, but the end of the day, its just the internet. Calling someone an asshole in here has about as much bearing on reality as, say, shooting them in the head in Counter Strike. It ain’t real life, folks. Don’t take it so seriously.